1921 is celebrated as the birth of the Italian Communist Party, but in reality it was a defeat, a split in the workers' movement, just as fascism was… - Massimo D'Alema

(About the passages about the Rotkopf company's planes) As for the flights, it is absurd to say that I could have paid for a scheduled flight. As a member of parliament, I do not pay for scheduled flights. If I took a ride to attend three rallies instead of one, the savings were for the taxpayers, not me. We used these flights for work reasons because one of our colleagues told us that this option was available. If I had known what had come to light, I would certainly have gone on foot.

[...] the Catholic contribution to democracy in Italy has been extraordinary. I am convinced that without returning to the myth of political unity among Catholics, it is possible, even in a pluralistic society, to achieve unity among Catholics at the ecclesial level as a fundamental component for the cohesion of the country.

[...] il contributo cattolico alla democrazia in Italia sia stato straordinario. Sono convinto che senza tornare al mito dell'unità politica dei cattolici sia possibile, pur nel pluralismo, una unità dei cattolici sul piano ecclesiale come componente fondamentale per la coesione del paese.